Reread the paragraph from the text about the Fourteenth Amendment:According to this passage, how did the Dred Scott decision help inspire the Fourteenth Amendment?

Question

1.The amendment was meant to ban slavery,which the Dred Scott decision supported.
2.The Dred Scott decision gave the Supreme Court the power to review laws,which the amendment ended.
3.The Dred Scott decision gave citizenship to Native Americans,but the amendment gave states the right to decide who is a citizen.
4.The Dred Scott decision declared that African Americans were not citizens,so the amendent defined citizenship to include them.

Answer 1

The correct option based on the context of the Fourteenth Amendment in relation to the Dred Scott decision is:

4. The Dred Scott decision declared that African Americans were not citizens, so the amendment defined citizenship to include them.

This option accurately reflects the historical context, where the Dred Scott decision denied citizenship to African Americans, and the Fourteenth Amendment was enacted to establish citizenship rights for all people born or naturalized in the United States, regardless of race.